Case report
Group A streptococcal septicaemia presenting as an acute abdomen in a child
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* Corresponding author: Melissa Short mshort1@doctors.net.uk
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2007, 2:15 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-2-15
Published: 5 June 2007Abstract
We present an unusual case of group A streptococcal septicaemia referred to a paediatric surgical unit as acute appendicitis and highlight the importance of remembering this condition as part of a differential diagnosis.